This sequence of events has been seen before: the Democratic People Republic of Korea detonates an atomic bomb; the UN Security Council expresses its outrage and issues strong-language warnings and resolutions of condemnation. The DPRK does it again and the UN Security Council goes troough the same motions. How many more times is this going to happen? 

The United Nations Security Council, in a unanimous vote, approved Resolution 2259, the resolution to end the conflict in Libya. This resolution opens up the possibility of a legitimate intervention by foreign countries - like Great Britain and Italy - if the new Libyan Government will need help to contain ISIS 

International Day of Migrants calls to remember the deaths of those who fled their lives, and calls upon the United Nations and countries of the world to take action in the prevention of these deaths and hardships. The IOM’s message sparks candlelight vigils across the world, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development sets goals to bring chafe upon the immigration crises of the modern world

The Global Media Monitoring Project has presented at the United Nations its findings for 2015 on the presence of women in the media and on gender representation in an industry that prides itself for its inclusiveness and its forward-thinking. The results, elaborated from data collected in 114 countries, show that the road ahead is still long 

While the whole world knows that the Cuban missile crisis of 1962 was the moment when humankind came closer to self-annihilation, not many people know just how close. Newly released documents, discussed last month at the UN, reveal that nuclear catastrophe was averted only thanks to a US Air Force captain stationed in Okinawa who unilaterally decided to disobey an order

To commemorate the United Nations 70 years of dedication towards international peace, the Secretary General Ban Ki-moon unveiled "Enlightened Universe", a beautiful sculpture in Central Park, designed by Cristobal Gabarrón.  We went to visit it, and ask Newyorker what they thought about it